Apparatus and method for establishing communication in a computer network

a computer network and communication technology, applied in the field of apparatus and methods for establishing communication in a computer network, can solve the problems of implementing a web server within a car, unable to easily implement, and the above-described resource access mechanism of a web browser connecting to a web server, so as to avoid security concerns

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-05-02
IBM CORP
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[0012]A Web client is not exposed to hacking in the way a Web server is, and so implementing a Web client in a vehicle (or in the home) avoids the security concerns that would be associated with running a Web server in the vehicle (or in the home). The Web client computer has

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However, the above-described resource access mechanism of a Web Browser connecting to a Web Server, and the Web Server implementing a firewall, cannot easily be implemented by

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[0021]As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention according to a first embodiment is implemented in a network of computers including a first computer 10 having standard Web Browser software 20 installed thereon, a second computer 30 comprising a Web server computer, and a third computer 40 installed in a vehicle. The third computer 40 is connected to the vehicle's electronic control and information systems and manages those systems. Known vehicle control and information systems include engine and fuel management systems, navigation, telematic, communication and audio systems, security systems, and climate controls. The vehicle computer 40 may be connected via one or more communications buses to the vehicle's audio system, telephone 70, seat and mirror position controls, air conditioning, navigation system, etc. Each of the computers 10,30,40 are connected to the Internet (the vehicle computer 40 being connected to the Internet via a wireless link using the telephone 70 as receiver and...

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Provided are apparatus and a method for establishing communications between a Web client computer in a vehicle and a Web server computer connected to the Internet or an intranet, initiated from a remote Web Browser. The Web Browser sends a request to the server, which invokes a process at the server causing a SMS message to be sent to a telephone connected to the client computer. This SMS message includes an identification of the server process (such as a URL) and causes the client computer to establish communications with the server. This allows the Browser to interact with the client computer via a standard Browser request without the overheads of security exposure of requiring the client to be a Web server. The invention is useful for allowing a remote Browser to interact with a computer controlling a vehicle's electronic control systems.

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FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to apparatus and a method for establishing communications between a client computer and a server computer via a network such as the Internet or an intranet, the establishment of communications being initiated from a second client computer remote from the first client computer.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention is well adapted to use Internet communications. As is well known, the Internet is a network of computer networks having no single owner or controller and including large and small, public and private networks, and in which any connected computer running Internet Protocol software is, subject to security controls, capable of exchanging information with any other computer which is also connected to the Internet. This composite collection of networks which have agreed to connect to one another relies on no single transmission medium (for example, bidirectional communication can occur via satellite links, fi...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16B60R25/04B60R25/33G06F1/00G06F21/31G06F21/42H04L29/06
CPCB60R25/04B60R25/33G06F21/313G06F21/42B60R2325/205H04L63/0823H04L63/0428B60W2550/402B60W2556/50
Inventor KNOBL, KARL-HEINZMENZENBACH, CHRISTOFEIBACH, WOLFGANG GNUTTALL, MARK PATRICKPHIPPEN, ROBERT WILLIAM
Owner IBM CORP
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